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may consist of comfortable chairs or a 
little low settee, or in the case of a bay 
window, an upholstered window seat 
with comfortable chairs nearby. Al¬ 
ways a low small table should be in¬ 
cluded in the grouping. If there is a 
wide span of windows and a large 
room, an attractive arrangement is a 
long table placed directly in front of 
the windows with a low sofa in front of 
it or chairs at either end. A pair of 
lamps and a large bowl of flowers on 
the table are particularly effective 
silhouetted against the light. 
A long wall space is often a diffi¬ 
cult problem if one is to avoid monot¬ 
ony of arrangement. Two commodes 
on either side of a long sofa will serve 
to break the line or one might use a 
console and mirror flanked by two 
chairs. This group, slightly formal 
in effect, is very charming and can 
be used in practically every type of 
living room. If one has some treasured 
piece of furniture such as an old Queen 
Anne lacquer cabinet, for instance, it 
should be given a place of importance, 
as the center of a long side wall. The 
surrounding furniture should be chosen 
and placed to complement the main 
piece. In this way a cabinet or old 
desk with perhaps a chair on either 
side and a small rug in the front will 
form quite a charming formal little 
group that instantly pleases the eye and 
solves the problem of what to do with 
a long wall. 
A desk constantly in use should be 
placed by a window with the light 
preferably coming from the left side. 
Often a low table or stand for maga¬ 
zines or books will be near at hand 
and this with a chair and possibly a 
floor lamp forms another 
grouping that is graceful 
and adds immeasurably to 
the livable aspect of the 
room. 
Of all rooms in the house 
the hallway is most apt to 
be neglected. This is a 
mistake for the first im¬ 
pression of a home is gained 
in the entrance hall and un¬ 
usual care should be given 
the seleotion and arranging 
of its furnishings. Because 
it is an interior that one 
does not linger in for any 
length of time, it is too often 
allowed to remain dark and 
uninteresting, its hit or miss 
furniture without any sem¬ 
blance of charm or raison 
d’etre. As people have 
come to realize the value 
of first impressions, halls 
have braced up and even 
the long narrow ones that 
are merely passages to other 
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One might break a long 
side wall with a secre¬ 
tary, two chairs and a 
decorative screen, as it 
is effectively done in the 
room above. Cour¬ 
tesy of Miss Gheen, Inc. 
The nice balance in this 
side wall arrangement 
creates the air of for¬ 
mality so necessary to 
a successful hall group¬ 
ing. Courtesy of Ade¬ 
line de Voo Cummings 
The furniture in the 
living room below is 
exceptionally well ar¬ 
ranged as there are 
many large pieces and 
no crowding. Cham¬ 
berlin Dodds, decorator 
